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Annual Review of Economics

Volume 7, 2015

Beyond Ricardo: Assignment Models in International Trade

Abstract

International trade has experienced a Ricardian revival. In this article, we offer a user guide to assignment models, which we refer to as Ricardo-Roy (R-R) models, that have contributed to this revival.

Keyword(s): comparative advantage, distribution of earnings, international specialization, monotone comparative statics, Ricardo-Roy model
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Beyond Ricardo: Assignment Models in International Trade
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